DEFINITION
Duration of secondary
education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary
education.
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
|
|
= 1
|
Slovakia: |
9 |
|
|
= 1
|
Germany: |
9 |
|
|
= 3
|
Italy: |
8 |
|
|
= 3
|
Malawi: |
8 |
|
|
= 3
|
Albania: |
8 |
|
|
= 3
|
Latvia: |
8 |
|
|
= 3
|
Austria: |
8 |
|
|
= 3
|
Vanuatu: |
8 |
|
|
= 3
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
8 |
|
|
= 3
|
Hungary: |
8 |
|
|
= 3
|
Sri Lanka: |
8 |
|
|
= 3
|
Kuwait: |
8 |
|
|
= 3
|
Ethiopia: |
8 |
|
|
= 3
|
Lithuania: |
8 |
|
|
= 3
|
Czech Republic: |
8 |
|
|
= 3
|
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: |
8 |
|
|
= 3
|
Croatia: |
8 |
|
|
= 3
|
Romania: |
8 |
|
|
= 3
|
Slovenia: |
8 |
|
|
= 20
|
Samoa: |
7 |
|
|
= 20
|
Iceland: |
7 |
|
|
= 20
|
Tunisia: |
7 |
|
|
= 20
|
Kyrgyzstan: |
7 |
|
|
= 20
|
Guinea: |
7 |
|
|
= 20
|
Lebanon: |
7 |
|
|
= 20
|
Burkina Faso: |
7 |
|
|
= 20
|
Luxembourg: |
7 |
|
|
= 20
|
French Polynesia: |
7 |
|
|
= 20
|
Moldova: |
7 |
|
|
= 20
|
Tajikistan: |
7 |
|
|
= 20
|
Malta: |
7 |
|
|
= 20
|
United Kingdom: |
7 |
|
|
= 20
|
Niger: |
7 |
|
|
= 20
|
Gabon: |
7 |
|
|
= 20
|
Pakistan: |
7 |
|
|
= 20
|
Fiji: |
7 |
|
|
= 20
|
Singapore: |
7 |
|
|
= 20
|
France: |
7 |
|
|
= 20
|
Azerbaijan: |
7 |
|
|
= 20
|
Georgia: |
7 |
|
|
= 20
|
Angola: |
7 |
|
|
= 20
|
Haiti: |
7 |
|
|
= 20
|
Bermuda: |
7 |
|
|
= 20
|
Cote d'Ivoire: |
7 |
|
|
= 20
|
Bangladesh: |
7 |
|
|
= 20
|
Kazakhstan: |
7 |
|
|
= 20
|
Benin: |
7 |
|
|
= 20
|
Liberia: |
7 |
|
|
= 20
|
Belarus: |
7 |
|
|
= 20
|
Madagascar: |
7 |
|
|
= 20
|
Solomon Islands: |
7 |
|
|
= 20
|
Monaco: |
7 |
|
|
= 20
|
Brazil: |
7 |
|
|
= 20
|
New Caledonia: |
7 |
|
|
= 20
|
Bulgaria: |
7 |
|
|
= 20
|
New Zealand: |
7 |
|
|
= 20
|
Burundi: |
7 |
|
|
= 20
|
Russia: |
7 |
|
|
= 20
|
Chad: |
7 |
|
|
= 20
|
Switzerland: |
7 |
|
|
= 20
|
Cameroon: |
7 |
|
|
= 20
|
Togo: |
7 |
|
|
= 20
|
Comoros: |
7 |
|
|
= 20
|
Turkmenistan: |
7 |
|
|
= 20
|
Central African Republic: |
7 |
|
|
= 20
|
Ukraine: |
7 |
|
|
= 20
|
Djibouti: |
7 |
|
|
= 20
|
Uzbekistan: |
7 |
|
|
= 20
|
Equatorial Guinea: |
7 |
|
|
= 20
|
Vietnam: |
7 |
|
|
= 71
|
Sao Tome and Principe: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Poland: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Algeria: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Morocco: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Armenia: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Senegal: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Argentina: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Libya: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Australia: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Nigeria: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Bahrain: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Qatar: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Belgium: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Syria: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Bahamas, The: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
United States: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Belize: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Mongolia: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Bolivia: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Oman: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Burma: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Norway: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Canada: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Portugal: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Cambodia: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Rwanda: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
China: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Spain: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Chile: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Thailand: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Colombia: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Tanzania: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Cuba: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Afghanistan: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Cape Verde: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Macau: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Cyprus: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Mali: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Denmark: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Mauritania: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Zimbabwe: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Mexico: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Ecuador: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Netherlands: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Eritrea: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Paraguay: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
El Salvador: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Panama: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Finland: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Papua New Guinea: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Gambia, The: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Marshall Islands: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Ghana: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Saudi Arabia: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Greece: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Sierra Leone: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Indonesia: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Sweden: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Israel: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
United Arab Emirates: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Iraq: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Tonga: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Japan: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Turkey: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Jordan: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Uganda: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Lesotho: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Uruguay: |
6 |
|
|
= 71
|
Dominican Republic: |
6 |
|
|
= 140
|
Sudan: |
5 |
|
|
= 140
|
Antigua and Barbuda: |
5 |
|
|
= 140
|
Netherlands Antilles: |
5 |
|
|
= 140
|
Barbados: |
5 |
|
|
= 140
|
Malaysia: |
5 |
|
|
= 140
|
Botswana: |
5 |
|
|
= 140
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis: |
5 |
|
|
= 140
|
Brunei: |
5 |
|
|
= 140
|
Namibia: |
5 |
|
|
= 140
|
Costa Rica: |
5 |
|
|
= 140
|
Nepal: |
5 |
|
|
= 140
|
Dominica: |
5 |
|
|
= 140
|
Peru: |
5 |
|
|
= 140
|
Ireland: |
5 |
|
|
= 140
|
South Africa: |
5 |
|
|
= 140
|
Estonia: |
5 |
|
|
= 140
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: |
5 |
|
|
= 140
|
Grenada: |
5 |
|
|
= 140
|
Zambia: |
5 |
|
|
= 140
|
Guatemala: |
5 |
|
|
= 140
|
Aruba: |
5 |
|
|
= 140
|
Guyana: |
5 |
|
|
= 140
|
Suriname: |
5 |
|
|
= 140
|
Honduras: |
5 |
|
|
= 140
|
Nicaragua: |
5 |
|
|
= 140
|
India: |
5 |
|
|
= 140
|
Guinea-Bissau: |
5 |
|
|
= 140
|
Jamaica: |
5 |
|
|
= 140
|
Seychelles: |
5 |
|
|
= 140
|
Kenya: |
5 |
|
|
= 140
|
Saint Lucia: |
5 |
|
|
= 140
|
Kiribati: |
5 |
|
|
= 140
|
Trinidad and Tobago: |
5 |
|
|
= 140
|
Mauritius: |
5 |
|
|
= 140
|
Venezuela: |
5 |
|
|
= 140
|
Maldives: |
5 |
|
|
= 140
|
Swaziland: |
5 |
|
|
= 140
|
Mozambique: |
5 |
|
|
= 178
|
Puerto Rico: |
4 |
|
|
= 178
|
Bhutan: |
4 |
|
|
= 178
|
Philippines: |
4 |
|
|
= 178
|
Somalia: |
4 |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
6.2 |
|
DEFINITION: Duration of secondary
education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary
education.